Chapter Three
AN: Sorry about basically forgetting about this story. well I've started it back up. so enjoy!
Entering the Great Hall again was magical. Hermione looked up towards the Head Table. Everyone was there, with the exception of McGonagall who was greeting the first years. Dumbledore, Sprout, even Trelawney had joined them. It didn't look the same without Snape up there. His seat was empty. Draco tugged on Hermione's arm to bring her to attention. They started walking to their old teachers together.
"Hermione! Draco! Or should I say, Professor Granger and Professor Malfoy! It's great to see you. Please sit down. They'll all be here soon."
Hermione smiled. "It's great to see you too. It's a shame that Flitwick wouldn't be teaching again. I'm very pleased to be taking his place though." She took her seat next to Sprout with Draco on the other side of her.
It wasn't as hard as she thought it would be to start calling him by his name. It came naturally almost. It was amazing how much he had changed. Hermione was actually looking forward to this year teaching alongside him. There would be a certain emptiness without Snape's constant glare. Hogwarts simply wouldn't be Hogwarts without him.
Hermione grinned at how she was thinking. If years before someone told her that she would be missing Snape, she would have them instantly committed. Even more so about the sudden change in Draco. ~Well, maybe not exactly sudden. He had been acting oddly the last year of school. It was when is Dad had died with Voldemorts effort. Maybe he was trying to change then.~
Hermione glanced over to her new friend. The students had started filing in and Draco was watching them with a fatherly smile on his handsome face. Hermione had to admit that Draco was good looking. He always was. He no longer wore his hair slicked back, so now it was in the 'just got out of bed' style. The weathered look worked for him, especially with his hair hanging slightly in front of his stormy grey eyes. With his pale skin, he looked positively. yummy!
~Did I just say. yummy? I'm going insane, but then again I always knew that.~ *What? That you were insane or that Draco was yummy? And still is might I say.*
Hermione decided to stop listening to her voices arguing and also stop watching Draco, and turned her attention to the first years being sorted. Some looked eager, some looked board, but all hade one similar look of fright. Hermione thought back to her first year and the sorting. The hat suggested her going to Slytherin, but said something about how her courage and loyalty would prove out in the end. She pondered how things would be different if she had been in Slytherin instead of Gryffindor. Would she have been friends with Draco? Would potions have been esyer? She knew one thing though; she would have never joined in with Voldie's league. Never.
Dumbledore stood up after the sorting was over.
"A few announcements please. The Forbidden Forest is still forbidden. Filch would appreciate no explosions, or anything of the sort. And we would like to welcome some new teachers this year. Stand up." He said turning towards them. "We have Professor Granger who will be your new Charms teacher, she graduated only a few years ago with the highest marks in the history of Hogwarts. We also have Professor Malfoy, your new potions teacher; he also graduated with Professor Granger coming in right after her with marks. Lets give them a good Hogwarts welcome." Hermione and Draco sat down after the clapping stopped. "Lets eat!" Food appeared on the tables after Dumbledore's initiation.
Hermione grabbed her plate and started piling all she could onto it.
"Hungry Hermione?" Draco asked.
"Famished."
AN: Sorry you had to wait so long, and I'm sorry it's so short. Please review, so I know that someone is actually reading. Thank-you. Flames will be used to start a fire.
-Lyra
AN: Sorry about basically forgetting about this story. well I've started it back up. so enjoy!
Entering the Great Hall again was magical. Hermione looked up towards the Head Table. Everyone was there, with the exception of McGonagall who was greeting the first years. Dumbledore, Sprout, even Trelawney had joined them. It didn't look the same without Snape up there. His seat was empty. Draco tugged on Hermione's arm to bring her to attention. They started walking to their old teachers together.
"Hermione! Draco! Or should I say, Professor Granger and Professor Malfoy! It's great to see you. Please sit down. They'll all be here soon."
Hermione smiled. "It's great to see you too. It's a shame that Flitwick wouldn't be teaching again. I'm very pleased to be taking his place though." She took her seat next to Sprout with Draco on the other side of her.
It wasn't as hard as she thought it would be to start calling him by his name. It came naturally almost. It was amazing how much he had changed. Hermione was actually looking forward to this year teaching alongside him. There would be a certain emptiness without Snape's constant glare. Hogwarts simply wouldn't be Hogwarts without him.
Hermione grinned at how she was thinking. If years before someone told her that she would be missing Snape, she would have them instantly committed. Even more so about the sudden change in Draco. ~Well, maybe not exactly sudden. He had been acting oddly the last year of school. It was when is Dad had died with Voldemorts effort. Maybe he was trying to change then.~
Hermione glanced over to her new friend. The students had started filing in and Draco was watching them with a fatherly smile on his handsome face. Hermione had to admit that Draco was good looking. He always was. He no longer wore his hair slicked back, so now it was in the 'just got out of bed' style. The weathered look worked for him, especially with his hair hanging slightly in front of his stormy grey eyes. With his pale skin, he looked positively. yummy!
~Did I just say. yummy? I'm going insane, but then again I always knew that.~ *What? That you were insane or that Draco was yummy? And still is might I say.*
Hermione decided to stop listening to her voices arguing and also stop watching Draco, and turned her attention to the first years being sorted. Some looked eager, some looked board, but all hade one similar look of fright. Hermione thought back to her first year and the sorting. The hat suggested her going to Slytherin, but said something about how her courage and loyalty would prove out in the end. She pondered how things would be different if she had been in Slytherin instead of Gryffindor. Would she have been friends with Draco? Would potions have been esyer? She knew one thing though; she would have never joined in with Voldie's league. Never.
Dumbledore stood up after the sorting was over.
"A few announcements please. The Forbidden Forest is still forbidden. Filch would appreciate no explosions, or anything of the sort. And we would like to welcome some new teachers this year. Stand up." He said turning towards them. "We have Professor Granger who will be your new Charms teacher, she graduated only a few years ago with the highest marks in the history of Hogwarts. We also have Professor Malfoy, your new potions teacher; he also graduated with Professor Granger coming in right after her with marks. Lets give them a good Hogwarts welcome." Hermione and Draco sat down after the clapping stopped. "Lets eat!" Food appeared on the tables after Dumbledore's initiation.
Hermione grabbed her plate and started piling all she could onto it.
"Hungry Hermione?" Draco asked.
"Famished."
AN: Sorry you had to wait so long, and I'm sorry it's so short. Please review, so I know that someone is actually reading. Thank-you. Flames will be used to start a fire.
-Lyra
